Nahmad Contemporary exhibits the work of Jan Frank through February 25th in New York’s Upper East Side. In Paintings, the artist revels in an impressive breadth of work that spans well over two decades. Curated by Glenn O’Brien, the exhibition highlights include the artist’s series of works on plywood, circa 1990, where wood veneer is used as a backdrop to capture embellishment recalling modernist markings of many of art history’s masters. Appearing at first as akin to only abstract expressionism, the artist’s later works, such as the Nude Series (2011 to present) as well as Frank’s most recent silkscreen paintings (from 2015 on) reveal a process firmly situated in a postmodern philosophy where appropriation reigns.
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